Massachusetts woman killed in Virginia bus crash texted friend about vacation, promised to call when she arrived: I am still waiting for that call

A Massachusetts woman killed in the deadly Virginia charter bus crash told a friend she was looking forward to her Florida vacation and promised to call her when she arrived.Priscilla R.Mafalda, 25, the fifth victim identified in the fatal crash on I-95 near Quantico on Friday, texted her work friend Thaiz Ramos about her excitement to be heading down to the Sunshine State the day before the tragedy, the Boston Globe reported.“Friend, I’m very tired, but thank God I’m finally taking some vacation time.

I’m going to Florida,” Mafalda wrote to Ramos.Ramos shared that Mafalda had planned to call her when she arrived in Florida.“I am still waiting for that call,” her heartbroken friend told the outlet.“Part of me still cannot believe she is gone.”Ramos said she had worked with Mafalda at a house cleaning company in Worcester for years and called her “one of the kindest and hardest-working people I have ever known.”Her boss, Monique Almeida, said she considered the 25-year-old as far more than just a worker.“In the year she worked with us, she became much more than a coworker!!! I will always remember her beautiful smile, her kindness, and the way she made people feel comfortable and cared for,” Almeida told WHDH.Another coworker said, “She leaves behind wonderful memories, an example of kindness, dedication, and love, and a lasting impact on all of us who were blessed to know her.”Mafalda was born in Inhapim, Brazil, before moving to Massachusetts.

A GoFundMe to bring Mafalda home to Brazil for burial had already topped $21,000 as of Tuesday morning.She and her husband, Igor Ernesto, were on their way to a long-awaited vacation when the passenger bus failed to slow for traffic and slammed into their Chevrolet Suburban near a highway work zone Friday at around 2:30 a.m.Ernesto survived but sustained serious injuries and remains hospitalized, WHDH reported.The crash also killed a Massachusetts family of four — Dmitri Doncev, 45, his wife ...